<Warning, may contain ranting and unreasonable-ness>. OAP's driving slowly whilst wearing hats.

[Mumofaflump]

Seriously? If you cant manage at least 40 mph down a perfectly good A road with a limit of 60 mph then, in my opinion, you shouldn't be driving.

Every morning I get stuck behind at least one person who crawls along at 35mph. Invariably they are driving fast expensive cars too!

Dont even get me started on those who drive fast cars slowly whilst wearing hats..... GRRRRRRRRRRRR.

Disclaimer - it is a perfectly good road, 60 is a perfectly sensible speed, conditions permitting.

Katie - I suspect the flat cap, tartan blanket and cushion for the back parcel shelf are issued with one's first pension book. Furthermore, the explanatory notes at the back of the pension book make it Crystal Clear that there are certain Standards of Driving that should now be applied - and if they are not, There Will Be Consequences!!

I do wonder about elderly ladies wearing headscarves and driving shiny landrovers. If you come across one of those in rural Norfolk, near Kings Lynn, you might be well advised not to cut her up or indicate she might be driving badly - basically, don't Lose Your Head!

Just wanted to say that I ADORE this thread. And not to get me started on OAPs in the supermarket check-out queue.

OAPs in supermarket queues - do tell, LadyPeter!

I have driven slowly and even slowed down to make it easy for the car behind to overtake - do they - nah they just wanna moan and there are plenty of gaps in the traffic enough for two cars to safely overtake, but they sit behind me and stare at my fecking hat

All I'm saying is that at least in a car you can swear (DC permitting) and bang your head on the steering wheel.

I now have a mental image of a squashy blue old lady in a supermarket queue, LadyPeter!

Have just driven home behind a shiney red Rover doing a steady 10mph below the speed limit even with National speed limit signs up everywhere!

My FIL had been doing the exact same thing for so many years, we had to find proof on the Internet that MK does not have it's own special version of the NSP that is 10mph slower!

My driving instructor told me to beware of drivers wearing hats. He was so right. That was some 20 years ago but sadly remains relevant today. Around my way I see a lot of drivers who use the same speed of 40mph no matter what the actual speed limit is, could be 60, 30 or even 20 but they just keep on a steady 40. I end up with a headache from clenching my jaw so much.

I've jsut come back from a trip to IKEA with my mum. she drove.

She does half the things on this thread! I had to keep biting my tongue.

On the way back I had to direct her, I repeated twice which lane she needed to be in yet she still ended up cutting up two lanes of traffic and then swerving back out of the right one into the wrong one, I was inwardly screaming.

Then to top it off we were coming down an A road with my mum driving perilously close to the kerb and she remarked in an annoyed voice "what's wrong with this road?"

To which I shrieked "It because you are three inches from the bloody kerb, you're driving over drains!"

And breathe...

Can I add the woman I keep getting stuck behind on the way home from work. She drives down the 60mph road at 30mph. Then you know those countdown markers to the 30mph, the 300/200/100 yard ones. Well when she reaches the 300 yard marker she does an emergency stop like manouvre down to about 10-15.

It annoys because a) she is already doing 30 and b) the whole point of these markers is to facilitate slowing down gradually so that even if she was doing over 30mph an emergency stop manouvre is not necessary. One day someone is going to run into the back of her, thankfully I am very far back from her. I have see some bemused faces behind me followed by looks of realisations when she performs her party trick. She's not even old.

Well, inspired by all of this, I decided to take the A303 home this morning.

I still got stuck behind a flippin' Starlet!

Grrrrrrr!

She had cracking bunnetage too.

Quite worrying are the drivers of old but shiny Volvos, with a straw hat on the parcel shelf.

My hat wearing grandmother taught me to drive. Then I had a couple of top-up lessons with a real instructor to polish me up for my test; he helpfully explained that it was no longer necessary to double de-clutch when I changed gear.

Oh dear I had one today in the obligatory Honda and had to post on this thread.

You know the ones, the Random Brakers. Nice easy stretch of road, unable to control speed with the accelerator so pops the brakes on. Every. 5. Seconds.

It's those people who cause car crashes as everyone else puts their brake on as well!

Norfolk - dh and ds1 have both been criticising me for controlling my speed with the accelerator, rather than using the brake. I shall carry on doing what I'm doing, secure in the knowledge that mumsnet - or at least one mumsnetter, thinks I am doing the right thing!

SDTG - You are doing the right thing, to continue to use the brakes to control your speed overheats them and you get "brakefade" this is where the brake pad gets a glaze on it and cannot grip to the disc so well, in some cases, rendering cars unable to stop safely and locking up. The speed of a car should always be controlled using the accelerator and gearbox.

You can also boil your brake fluid.

I am a petrol head. I know of what I speak!

What is bunnetage please?

Bunnetage - the wearing of a bunnet or hat.

I'm not sure...

If you give me two minutes I'll stick a photo of where I live on my profile then you can see if it is where you are moving too JoySzasz

Happy to help SDTG, plus it saves on fuel

Thank you SDTG:)

Mumofaflump Thanks ...I will take a look ...

Yes,I will be close by

Oh,Thanks btw :)

I hate you Mumofaflump